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user10729312
user10729312

Reputation:

One activity that runs the whole time

I want to calculate how much time a user spends on my app. I thought of doing so by using chronometer. So is there an activity or something that runs always when the user is using any part of my app? or should i start and stop the timer in each and every activity?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 38

Answers (2)

Milad Yarmohammadi
Milad Yarmohammadi

Reputation: 1275

Use Service instead of Activity. Services run in background and you can access them all the time.

Upvotes: 0

Gabe Sechan
Gabe Sechan

Reputation: 93668

That's not the right way to do it. Use Activity lifecycle callbacks (https://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Application.ActivityLifecycleCallbacks) to determine when one of your activities is paused/resumed. When one is resumed, start the timer. When one is paused, end it.

Upvotes: 2

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